Bow-facing oar



Nov. 6 1923.

J. l.. INGl-:RsoLL BOW FACING OAR Filed Feb. l, 1923 atented Nov.. 6, i923.

laissa? OEN L. INGERSOLL, OF EVART, EVICHGAN.V

' BOW-FACING OAR.

Application filed February 1, 1923,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that JOHN L. INGnRsoLL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Evart, in the Vcounty of Osceola and State of Michigan, has invented new and useful improvements in Bow-Facing ars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eficient construction of bow facoar or rowing apparatus having in addition to the advantage of enabling the operator to face in the direction of movement the capability of enabling the operator to control the movements of the oar in al] essential particulars with substantially the same facility as when the oar is of the ordinary type and is provided with a single shank terminally carrying the blade and grip; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred einbodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a plan view of a rowing apparatus embodying the invention applied t a boat.

Figure 2 is a detail side view of the rigging. a v

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the i'iggingto show the means of attach-l ment to the gunwale.

Essentially the apparatus consists of a laid shank l0 and a handle or grip shank 11 pivotally mounted for vertical swinging movement respectively in row locks l2and 13 swivelled upon a base plate. la having clamps l for engagement with the gunwale 16 of the boat; and a link 16 connecting said shanl s and extending through a guide eye 17 carried by said base plate atv an intermediate point between the row locks and serving as a universal fulcrum for the link.

Obvious y the row locks afford means for swinging movement in horizontal planes of the blade and grip shanks while the pivotal mounting of said shanks in the row locks by reason in the construction illustrated of the pivot pins l2EL and 13a providesA for free swinging`- movement of said shanks in vertical planes, so that both shanks are universally mounted upon the rigging represented Serial No. 616,306.

by the base plate which with the shank inountings is applicable as a singleattach ment to the gunwale'of the boat.

inasmuch as the connecting link between A the shanks, in addition to its freedom to slide through the guide eye is capable of universal i swinging movement therein or in other elevation of the grip will cause the depression of the corresponding blade as in the use of the ordinary oar, so that the movements of the rower are practically the saine as with the ordinary oar, with the advantage as above intimated that the progress of the operator is forward instead of backward as when oars of the ordinary type are used in the ordinary way.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is zl. A bow facing rowing apparatus having universally mounted blade and grip'shanksV connected by a link having a guide in which it is universally fulcrume 2. A bow facing rowing apparatus having universally mounted blade and grip shanks connected by a link having a guide in which f it is universally jfulcrumed, the said shanks being pivotally mounted iny swivelled row locks. I v

3. A bow facing rowing apparatus having universally mounted blade and grin shanks connected by a link havingy a guide in which it is universally fulcrumed, the guide for the link consisting of an eye arranged bevtween the mountings Vofy said shanks.

t. A bowl facing rowing apparatus having universallyY mounted blade and grip shanks connected by a link having a guide in which it is universally fulcrumed, said apparatus having a rigging consisting of a base plate for arrangement upon the gunvvale of a. boat and provided With clamps for engaging said 10 and provided with clamps for engaging said gunvvale, said base plate terminally carry gunvvale. ing row looks in which the said Shanks are 5. A bow facing rowing apparatus having PYOtauY m0unted, and also Cafyng a 5 universally mounted blade and grip Shanks wlvued @Ye o'mmg the guide 'Ol Sad connected by a link having a. guide in which 11nk it is universally ulerumed, said apparatus h1 testlmony whereof I aX my Slglw having a rigging consisting of a base plate tufefor arrangement upon the gunvvale of a boat JOHN L. INGERSOLL. 

